29 July, 2016

Varoufakis: I will publicize eurogroup minutes

The
former Finance Minister of Greece and head of the DiEm25 movement,
Yiannis Varoufakis, answered in a Q&A organized by
ThePressProject. The public posed questions to Mr. Varoufakis through
Facebook

The
procedure took place at the same moment when another, relevant
procedure was unfolding in the Greek parliament; the main opposition
party submitted a proposal for the creation of an investigating
committee regarding the negotiation between the Greek government and
its international lenders in 2015. As is known, the former minister
played a key role in those negotiations while he resigned from the
government right after their end and the subsequent agreement of a
new bailout/lending deal.

Varoufakis
revealed that DiEm25 will take part in the next Greek elections, in a
form that its members will decide. He also plans to publicize the
minutes of the Eurogroup meetings in which he was present.

[...]

“Personally,
I think that all European council meetings should be recorded and
available to European citizens. This is also part of the DiEM25
mandate. During those Eurogroup meetings where I was participating, I
was probably the only one who respected confidentiality without
publicizing what was said despite the leaks from the Troika side,
leaks which were often toxic and falsified. Shortly, within the
context of narrating the Athens Spring thriller, I will submit my
view on what happened and I will also submit the minutes of those
meetings. My aim is not to replay the past. Today, the present and
the future are pushing. The dead-end against which we fought in 2015
is now even bigger. Whatever we do from now on, will have to consider
the future of the country and Europe”.